Tyre pressure is not only vital to your safety on the road, it also helps your tyres last longer and can improve your vehicles fuel efficiency, ultimately saving you money twice over. It is therefore crucial that you ensure your tyres are always properly inflated by checking […]

Unleaded petrol prices are likely to rise in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, forcing UK motorists to pay more to fill up their tanks. The RAC is warning motorists that the price of a litre of petrol could rise by up to 4p, which would take the average price of the fuel above 121p per […]

Reports of a family stranded on the M1 after their tyre deflated again raise concerns about the scrapping of hard shoulders on motorways. The RAC has already warned that plans to convert 300 miles of hard shoulder on England’s motorways to an extra lane will ‘place the lives of millions of motorists at risk’. Tyre-related […]

With petrol and diesel prices rising, it is increasingly important to ensure tyres are properly inflated to help make vehicles more fuel efficient – which is why Tesco has angered customers by pumping up prices at its air machines. The cost of pumping up tyres on Tesco forecourts has risen from a minimum 20p to […]

Stuck for something to give your mum on Mother’s Day which shows you love her en-tyre-ly and care about her safety? How about checking her tyres, making sure they are properly inflated and even buying her a replacement if they are old and worn? It may not sound like the most exciting or inspired gift […]

Whether you’re driving to the airport to head off on holiday or planning on setting out to visit family and friends, chances are your car is going to be weighed down with more luggage, passengers and Christmas presents than usual over the next few days. Nobody ‘plans’ to have a breakdown and few think it […]

With books, washing and hearty appetites, thousands of students will be driving home for Christmas around now after a long term at university and etyres is keen to help them stay safe on their journey. Our etyres Birmingham team took part in a very busy tyre checking day at Harper Adams University in Telford and […]

Businesses looking to make savings on their motoring expenses can learn a valuable lesson from Anglian Water. After teaming up with Michelin tyres five years ago it has striven to ensure correct tyre pressures across its fleet of vehicles – saving almost £80,000 in fuel costs! A sample of nearly 100 cars and vans inspected […]

It is a common enough problem, countless motorists drive around without realising their tyres are flat or seriously under-inflated. So when student Fiona Gray came back to her little Ford KA, which she had parked at Chester Zoo, and found this message on her windscreen, she was very touched and relieved: “Hi, we noticed that […]

Motorists in the UK are wasting £246 million a year on fuel and putting lives at risk by driving on dangerously under-inflated tyres, according to Michelin. After analysing data collected from more than 23,000 cars in the UK during the past eight years, the tyre manufactured revealed the following startling statistics: 62% of cars on […]